The gorges off Charles Knife Road are amazing...not so much that they are better of worse than else where but more the fact that you drive passed these and don't realise the beauty which is 10 k's off the main drag....
...with views and more views..
...rock formations, and natural windows....
.....vertigo inducing scenery.....
......and breath taking vista's.
On the night before we were meant to leave Sandra had organised a bring a pot night...fabulous menu, with curries, camp kitchen pie, damper and much more. From Left to Right, Richard, Robert (Camp Host) Barbara, John, Peta, Sandra, me and Stephen is taking the picture. Great night and we then decided to stay a few more days!
Some general shots of the coral rock....
......shells.....
....crabs.....
and scenery!
We had passed the end of the road our to the Mildura wreck on quite a few occasions but never had had the time to stop and investigate...so on one of our shopping runs into Exmouth we stopped off for a look!
It was a dull old day and it made the look of the wreck look cold and unfeeling. To think that they were stranded on the reef so close to the shore....no loss of life but the Bullocks were all lost....so much for not watching what you are doing or trying to take short cuts..
You can just see where the reef is with the wave line in this picture.
The Lighthouse that covers this tip of coastline is in the process of being renovated. This is a good spot to watch the whales further out to sea. We had seen quite a few from our base but of course they were always on the outside of the reef, so not easy to pick out.
Fishing became a favourite past time , especially for Richard and Stephen...having said that they did manage to keep us in fish nearly every other day. This days catch for Richard was a Toad Fish .....ugh!!!
Another couple that were with us were John and Peta...dusk fishing was the norm with the tides that we had, and this was no exception. Nothing that night!
But the sunsets sometimes made up for the lack of fish.
Did we have a good time or what!!!!!!!
At the end of the first week we had a down pour which resulted in this puddle. We actually went from brown and dull vegetation to sage and green surrounds.
Then Stephen spotted this Wedge Tail Eagle who took off.....
Found his mate.........
Said Good Day.......
And had a play.......thank you very much and flew away!!!!
While in the National Park we did a cruise up Yardie Creek. ( You will have seen the picture of the Black Footed Rock Wallaby in a previous blog, well that was on this cruise.) It was a short but very interesting trip....these Red Mangroves with their red roots dropping into the water, we had seen before but had not appreciated their root system in comparison with the White Mangrove.
More spectacular rock formation.
You got to see it to believe some of these!!!!!!
